Singapore Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Industry Association

What Singapore Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Industry Association does

ACCESS (Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and Startups, Singapore) is a non-profit industry association founded on May 30, 2014, and formally registered as a society under Singapore's Registry of Societies, Ministry of Home Affairs. The organization functions as the representative industry body for Singapore's cryptocurrency and blockchain community, serving corporate members (exchanges, trading platforms, blockchain startups), individual professionals, and students through three core activities: industry advocacy and regulatory engagement, education via workshops (notably Blockchain 101), and networking/community building. Its most differentiated function is structured engagement with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), including organized member roundtables providing feedback on regulatory consultation papers such as the MAS Regulatory Sandbox. The association also participates in international policy coordination as a founding member of the Global Blockchain Forum alongside counterpart associations from the US, UK, and Australia.

The business model is member-funded and event-funded rather than product- or transaction-driven. Revenue derives from undisclosed corporate membership fees (recurring annual subscriptions), individual and student memberships, and modest workshop fees ($30 advance, $35 at door for non-members, with free access for members serving as a conversion lever). The go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: ACCESS grows its base through educational workshops, seminars, roundtable discussions, industry conferences (Global Blockchain Forum, Asia Pacific Trading Architecture Summit, Treasury Technology Summit), and the personal networks of its board members, who include CEOs of member companies such as CoinPip (Anson Zeall), JEDTrade (Daphne Ng), and QUOINE (Katherine Ng). Distribution is anchored on the access-sg.org website, which serves as the registration and content portal.

ACCESS does not develop or sell commercial software products, platforms, or APIs. Its outputs are advocacy, education content, and regulatory representation, and its value to members is reputational and network-based rather than technological. Notable operational events since founding include the 2016 RegPac spin-off (a RegTech ecosystem builder that became independent), the 2016-2017 onboarding of corporate members QUOINE and SCRY.INFO, and continued publication of educational blog content through 2025-2026 on topics including Ethereum Plasma chains, ASIC versus GPU mining, and responsible online gambling guidance.

Name

Singapore Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Industry Association

Legal name

Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and Startups, Singapore

Website

https://access-sg.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ACCESS is a non-profit Singapore industry association founded in 2014 that represents cryptocurrency and blockchain enterprises, startups, and individuals through advocacy, regulatory engagement with MAS, educational workshops, and community networking.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cryptocurrency Industry Association

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

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akta.pro primary industry

Wallet Connectivity & Session Protocols (WalletConnect, deep links, QR, auth sessions) (FSAPACAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Authorization & Permissions (delegation, allowances, capability-based access, session keys) (FSAPACAJ)

Keywords

• Cryptocurrency industry association
• Blockchain advocacy services
• Industry membership organization
• Blockchain education programs
• Regulatory engagement services

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Corporate Membership Fees: ACCESS generates revenue through corporate membership fees. Organizations in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space can join as corporate members to gain access to networking, advocacy, and industry representation benefits.
2. Workshop Fees: The association charges fees for educational workshops such as the Blockchain 101 workshop ($30 for non-members, $35 at door, free for members), generating non-member revenue while incentivizing membership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ACCESS is a non-profit industry association that promotes and protects the development and application of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in Singapore. It sells corporate, individual, and student memberships and runs paid educational workshops (e.g., Blockchain 101), while providing members with regulatory representation to MAS, networking events, and a Code of Conduct for member businesses.

Product overview

ACCESS (Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and Startups, Singapore) is an industry association rather than a product company. It functions as a membership organization that promotes and protects the use and development of digital currencies and blockchain technologies in Singapore. Its activities include advocacy, education (through workshops like Blockchain 101), engagement with regulators, and providing a unified voice for the Singapore cryptocurrency and blockchain community. The association does not offer commercial software products, platforms, or APIs to the market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Membership
• Individual Membership
• Student Membership
• Blockchain 101 Workshop Paid educational workshop that demystifies blockchain technology for non-members and members, taught by ACCESS leadership including Chairman Anson Zeall; available to non-members at $30 advance or $35 at the door and free to members.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Global Blockchain ForumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 April 2016ACCESS is a founding member of the Global Blockchain Forum, launched alongside the Chamber of Digital Commerce (USA), Australian Digital Currency & Commerce Association, and UK Digital Currency Association. The forum aims to build interoperable public policy frameworks for the global blockchain industry valued at $8 billion.
• SCRY.INFOminorOthersSCRY.INFO, the world's first blockchain-based quantitative data providing and exchanging platform, was invited to officially join ACCESS as a member. SCRY.INFO has been establishing since May 2014 and joins ACCESS's ecosystem of cryptocurrency and blockchain enterprises.
• QUOINEminorOthersQUOINE is a member of ACCESS and operates cryptocurrency exchange platforms QRYPTOS and QUOINEX. The company launched QRYPTOS as a crypto-only trading platform offering negative fees to attract liquidity, demonstrating the type of innovative businesses within the ACCESS ecosystem.
• Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACCESS engages with MAS through organized roundtable discussions where members provide feedback on regulatory consultation papers, including the Regulatory Sandbox Consultation Paper. This enables direct industry input into Singapore's fintech regulatory framework development.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Singapore Fintech Association: Singapore's broader fintech industry body of which ACCESS Secretary General Daphne Ng is a member. Overlapping remit makes it both the closest domestic peer and the most likely substitute for members wanting combined crypto+fintech representation.
• Chamber of Digital Commerce: The leading US cryptocurrency and blockchain industry trade association. Direct functional peer - ACCESS co-founded the Global Blockchain Forum with this organisation, and it represents the same membership-driven, regulatory-advocacy model at the country level.
• UK Digital Currency Association: British counterpart industry body representing digital currency and blockchain enterprises. Co-founding member of the Global Blockchain Forum with ACCESS, performing the same regulatory-engagement and member-services function.
• Blockchain Australia: Australia's peak industry association for the digital asset and blockchain sector (formerly Australian Digital Currency & Commerce Association). Co-founded the Global Blockchain Forum alongside ACCESS, serving an analogous advocacy and education role in another Asia-Pacific market.

Regional players

• Korea Blockchain Association: Representative industry body for South Korean blockchain enterprises. Comparable geographic-region trade association model serving a separate but adjacent regulatory environment.
• Swiss Blockchain Federation: Federation of Swiss blockchain and crypto-industry organisations headquartered in Crypto Valley. Comparable national-level industry association purpose focused on regulatory dialogue and ecosystem development in a competing crypto hub.
• CryptoUK: UK-based industry body representing cryptocurrency businesses and engaging with the FCA. Functions as a regional peer comparable to ACCESS on regulatory-engagement and code-of-conduct setting in a mature market.
• Bitcoin Association Hong Kong: Hong Kong-based industry body focused on Bitcoin and broader blockchain adoption in the Greater China region. Comparable Asia-Pacific industry-association function but operating in a different jurisdiction.
• Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association (JVCEA): Japan's self-regulatory organisation for crypto exchanges, government-recognised under Japan's Payment Services Act. Comparable member-driven industry body with formal regulatory standing - the Japanese equivalent ACCESS aspires to within Singapore.

Broad incumbents

• Global Blockchain Business Council: Large international blockchain industry coalition headquartered in Geneva. Comparable membership-and-advocacy model but with global rather than single-country scope; ACCESS's Global Blockchain Forum participation connects it to this broader umbrella network.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/access-sg

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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